River Suir is the best brown trout fishery in the world.

pullandbang

According to Martin O'Grady from this report in the Irish Times. Very interesting read.

SeaFields

Fascinating area to work in. He's a lucky man.

We're blessed in fairness. There isnt a stream, river or lake that doesnt have a population of trout in it. And even when we do our best to kill it off with pollution and over fishing, it doesnt be long recovering.

okedoke

I like fishing the Suir - but "best in the world". Not sure about that.

Auldloon

That is a brilliant article I'm very impressed.

demanufactured

They call it "The Sewer" in Clonmel.

danbrosnan

I agree great report... it really is... and we are blessed in ireland to actually have, what i believe, the best fishing destination in the world..

Ipso

danbrosnan wrote: »

I agree great report... it really is... and we are blessed in ireland to actually have, what i believe, the best fishing destination in the world..

Have you heard of Kamchatka; Ireland has very good fishing but let's not get carried away.

BoarHunter

even Slovenia and Bosnia are paradise. Different though ! have a look at the Soca river, it is something

Flysfisher

Ipso wrote: »

Have you heard of Kamchatka; Ireland has very good fishing but let's not get carried away.

Our rivers are quite poorly managed. Best in the world. That's very inaccurate.

Flysfisher

danbrosnan wrote: »

I agree great report... it really is... and we are blessed in ireland to actually have, what i believe, the best fishing destination in the world..

Your a good bit wide of the mark there.

Ipso

Flysfisher wrote: »

Our rivers are quite poorly managed. Best in the world. That's very inaccurate.

The attitude towards illegal fishing and pollution doesn't help either.

danbrosnan

I agree with everyone with regards to poorly managed and absolute dopes managing the fisheries...

Have a look at this video of my father who was a fishery officer in the 80s and 90s if anybody should know about fisheries protection tis me...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klMuQwDiEU0

But i love Ireland, always have and always will... What the politics and there actions have done is nearly destroyed the place but i love the countryside...

But i live in kerry so maybe everyone else is missing out...:D;)

jay tipperary

Carrick angler finds giant
salmon in River Suir
Published: 13 February 2013
The male Kelt Salmon weighing
aproximately 40 lbs and
measuring 46 inches was
discovered washed in River Suir
at Curradhneal, Ballinderry by
local fisherman and Treasurer of
the Carrick-on-Suir Angling Club,
Jimmy Walsh.
One of the biggest salmon in the
River Suir in decades was found
outside Carrick-on-Suir last week.
The whopping 46 inch male Kelt
salmon estimated to weigh about
40lbs was discovered by Carrick-
on-Suir Angling Club treasurer
Jimmy Walsh at Curradhneal,
Ballinderry, Carrick-on-Suir on the
morning of Wednesday, February
13.
The Atlantic salmon was dead
when Mr Walsh found it washed up
on shore on the river upstream of
the Miloko plant. A chunk of the
fish was missing, possibly eaten by
a hungry otter.
Anglers believe it was a salmon
that had spawned miles up river
and died naturally as it swam back
towards the sea. Salmon like this
complete an exhausting 3000 mile
journey from their spawning
grounds to the coasts of Iceland
and Greenland.
Ralph O’Callaghan, Secretary of the
Suir Angling Federation, told The
Nationalist it was a significant find
because it is a tangible indication
that salmon stocks are slowly but
surely being restored to the River
Suir.
He said the salmon was an
exceptionally big fish for the River
Suir. The last time salmon of this
size were found in the river was
back in the 1920s and 30s at the
Knocklofty Estate outside Clonmel.
You had to go back to the 1950s/60s
when 30lb salmon were last caught
in the river.
Over the past 30 years salmon
stocks on the Suir have fallen by a
staggering 80% and are now an
endangered species in the river, he
pointed.
“It’s wonderful to actually see a
salmon like this rather than
guessing that we have big fish of
that size. And if he is an original
Suir fish that will say a lot for the
river,” Mr O’Callaghan said.
The huge salmon was handed over
last week to Inland Fisheries
Ireland, which is carrying out tests
to determine its age, its place of
birth, how long it was at sea before
spawning and how many times it
has spawned.
Mr O’Callaghan stressed that
salmon stocks are still very
vulnerable in the River Suir and
care must be taken to conserve
them.
“For six to seven years we had to
catch and release all the salmon we
caught because the Fisheries
authorities saw the difficulties on
the Suir. We are still at that stage
even though we are now allowed
take a small number of salmon
from the river. We really need to
conserve stocks.”
He urged anglers, who caught or
found big salmon on the River Suir
to release them back into the river
so they can spawn more salmon
like them.